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A generous spirit prefers that his country should be poor, and weak, and of no account, but free, rather than powerful, prosperous, and enslaved.

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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. ~ Every class is unfit to govern … Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.
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Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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The passion for power over others can never cease to threaten mankind, and is always sure of finding new and unforseen allies in continuing its martyrology.
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There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.
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Learn as much by writing as by reading.
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Every class is unfit to govern.
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Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.
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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Liberty has not only enemies which it conquers, but perfidious friends, who rob the fruits of its victories: Absolute democracy, socialism.
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Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
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Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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Piety sometimes gives birth to scruples, and faith to superstition, when they are not directed by wisdom and knowledge.
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.
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Ink was not invented to express our real feelings.
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Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime.
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